Where The Red Fern Grows Chapter Analysis

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Paragraph One: In the novel Where the Red Fern Grows, a child named Billy has a huge dream: to be able to buy two hunting hounds. However, his family's budget does not allow them to spend the money. So Billy spends two years saving up by selling small game. When Billy finally has enough, he buys two baby hounds, Old Dan and Little Ann. They grew up as one of the finests hunting duos in the area, so Billy entered them into a championship coon hunt. During the hunt, a huge northern blizzard hits Billy and his team. Unfortunately, Billy's team and his dogs are separated. When Billy finally finds the two, they are still fighting the wind and trying to capture the coon. This is where Mr. Kyle says his line; he thinks that if everyone has the amount of loyalty and love as the two dogs, the world would be a place without killing and poverty. …show more content…
Kyle's statment to be true. For example, after the championship coon hunt, Billy and his dogs face a wild and dangerous mountain lion. After a long brawl, the mountain lion was in a fatal position to Billy; Billy was on the ground, beaten and bruise, and the lion was ready to pounce, however Old Dan jumped in the way and killed the lion. However, the scars and loss of blood from the final fight ended his life. Old Dan did lay down his life for his master, as Mr. Kyle said. Right after Old Dan died, Little Ann suffered such a loss that she lost the will to live because she lost her brother and life-long partner. She died right next to Old